Guy-anchor.



G. E. BECK. GUY ANCHOR. APPLICATION ILLED` JAN. 22, 1913 A @81,65% .tentent Dec. 1'6, 1913 Z SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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GUY ANCHOR.

'APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22, 41913.

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GUY-ANCHOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patente-d Dec. 16, 1913,

Application filed January 22, 1913. Serial No. Hagel. v A

To all whom it may concern Be it know-n that L GEORGE E. Bron, citizen of-the United'Statearesidingat Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in 'Guy-Anchors, of which the following is a specification,

This invention relates to devices employed for anchoring guy cables or rods, and adaptfI ed to be employed for holding telegraph,

"telephone, trolley wire poles and the like, smoke stacks, derricks, and any other object or structure requiring guy wires, and has A for one-0f its objects to simplify and im- 15. prove the construction and increase the eliiciency and 'utility of devices of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide a simply constructeddevice which may be readilyapplied andeil'ect-ually supports thel y wires in the ground.

Viilslh these and other objects in view the mvention consists incertain novel features of construction`as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in -the claims, 'and in `the drawings illustrative of the preferred embodiment of the invention.

Figure 1 is aside elevation of one of the vso improved devices with the anchor plates in closed position. Fig. 2Ais a pers ective view from beneath ofthea traveler p ate. Fig. 3

is a perspective view from above of the lower or holding plate. Fig. 4 is a sectional v'detail with-the anchor plates in open position. Fig. 5-ijs a plan view of the parts as shown in Fig. 2.`

Correspon ing and like parts are referred to in thefollowin description and indicated in all the views o the drawings by the same reference characters, The improved device comprises a r'od 10 of any .suitable size and of any; suitablestrength and with means, such as an eyell,

4t at one end for the attachment of a guy member and threaded at the opposite end as represented at 12. 12 extends through a holding .or base 'plate 13 and is provided with 'a nut 14 bearing beneath the plate. The rod is thus rotatable in the plate 13, and the latter is formed with a plurality of radial sockets 15. Any requlred number of the sockets may be emy ployed, but generallyfour will be usedas shown.A

Threadedu'pon the rod 12 a traveler At its lower end the' rod plate 16 which is likewise provided Vwith a plurallty of radial sockets 17 corresponding in number to the sockets 15. v

The anchor pla-tes are represented co'n'- 30 ventionally at 18 and correspond 'in number to the sockets,and each platejis providedV with a rib 19 upon its lower face which i extended at 20. The plates. 18 may any required shape, but are preferably'm; pointed'and slightly curved outwardlyf'as` shown, and likewise decrease in thickness-'1? toward the pointed ends. Pivoted at"- each of the sockets 15 is a link 22, each being forked at its outer end 'and bearing upon opposite sides of onefof the ribs 19 and pivoted thereto at 23. Theplates 18 are so arranged that when the rod 1Q is'rotabd 1n one direction to cause the plateltito be, moved to its farthest point from thef plate 15 13 the plates 18, will be causedto as'suine a position substantially at rightangles't, the plate '16, or to occupy the`vt possiblespace transversely, and then-f wli'rr direction the plate 16 will be moved to the plate 13 with the result of causing th links 22 to'distend the plates 18 into posi f tion substantiall in alinement with th transverse axis o the plate 16.

plied a hole is bored in the ground corregge4 spending in area to the plate 16, andthei'* anchor device with the'anchor plates 18 in withdrawn position are inserted into thel'i90 hole in the ground to a suiiicient distance? and the rod4 10 then rotated to cause the plates 18 to be expanded into the g; qound,the whole assuming a position' as shown A, the anchor plates 18 being thus forced 95 into the ground. and eiectually anchoringl i 'the device therein.

The improved device may be constructed of any retpired size or strength spend .to t e structurefwith whichit-is-gtd 'loo be employedjand will be constrnetedentiely of metaL'and will p1' 'Veier'allgf,be gah, vanized or otherwise protectedv sion.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed is:

1. In a device of the class-described, al threaded rod,f'a step member'in which said rod is rotatably mounted, a traveler threaded upon said rod above said step anchor plates swinging upon said traveler and covering and protecting the step member the rod 10- is rotated 1n the plates and step member.

il and coupling means between said anchor l curving outwardly, and links coupling said 1o anchor plates respectively to said step mem-- 2. In a device of the class described, a t ber. threaded rod, a step member in which said In testimony whereof I affix my signature l vrod is rotatably mounted, a traveler threaded in presence of two witnesses.

upon said rod above said step member and l i GEORGE E. BECK. [L.s.] having a plurality of radial sockets, anl IlVitnesses: anchor plate mounted to swing n each of Y Rosn HARPER,

said sockets and formed with its lower end GEORGE' A. ENGLE. 

